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G-WAN, Another Free Web Server

mssmss writes "Has anyone used G-WAN — a free (as in beer), supposedly fast and scalable Web server? The downside is it supports only C scripts, which the author claims is a plus since most programmers know C anyway. There is currently only a Windows release and no clear answer in their FAQs whether there would be Linux/Solaris releases. As an interesting aside, releasing a Web server while at the same time fighting a losing battle (PDF) with a large bank over a piracy claim of $200 million (the bank is alleged to have done the piracy) is quite a feat."

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  1. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It ups the difficulty level, allowing you to more easily grind on your way towards Web Master III.

  2. Re:Big Plus! by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    i C your point

    -1 Bad Pun

  3. Re:Value? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So.... Why?

    afaik, the main reason for giving it away for free is: its author needs much traffic on his site, in order to hide some very secret traffic happening there.

    hard to believe, but this is what he pretends!

    so, please, download it, even if you don't plan to use it :-)

  4. Re:Big Plus! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wooooooooooosh!

  5. Ah g-wan... by martinmarv · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... g-wan, g-wan, g-wan

    G-wan, g-wan, g-wan, g-wan, g-wan

    Mrs Doyle approves

  6. Re:The real question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Alternatives are great!!!

  7. Re:Are you fucking kidding me? by thetagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    I asked him to explain why stable versions (some of these stable releases were several years old, too) of the software he was recommending contained over 100 bug fixes. He couldn't provide a suitable answer, and thus management gave him the boot. And so we're not using Drupal.

    If the elevated number of bug fixes is a concern to you, I can provide you with my own customized version of Drupal without any bugfixes in it for a reasonable fee. That is the beauty of open source.

  8. Re:The real question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    mod parent up!